A nickname that earns her an arched brow from Lucius. He is wasted enough that only pride and superior balance are keeping him on his feet, but a Malfoy who can't raise his eyebrow at foolishness is a Malfoy that is fully dead. Which he would be, if Rodolphus was actually there. Very dead. Extraordinarily dead. Bella might make it solely because the man needs an heir, but even that was hardly a given.
He pats her on the arm, though. "You certainly are, darling," he says, and then sighs a little as she goes straight into anti-muggle. It's not surprising. It's exactly what he expects. It's going to scare away the evening's entertainment. "I swear, you'd try to end him if...Dolph suggested anything like that." He, at least, has something of a one track mind. It's probably all the times she brought him chocolate frogs from Hogsmeade, to be honest, and then told him stories about practicing Obliviate on third years. "Chocolate? He's a sucker for the high quality stuff, but I know we're in a...." Shit, what's the name of the store? His eyes zero in on a store brand. "Tescos. We're in a Tescos. So we'll take what we can get." Does he pronounce Tescos correctly?
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He pats her on the arm, though. "You certainly are, darling," he says, and then sighs a little as she goes straight into anti-muggle. It's not surprising. It's exactly what he expects. It's going to scare away the evening's entertainment. "I swear, you'd try to end him if...Dolph suggested anything like that." He, at least, has something of a one track mind. It's probably all the times she brought him chocolate frogs from Hogsmeade, to be honest, and then told him stories about practicing Obliviate on third years. "Chocolate? He's a sucker for the high quality stuff, but I know we're in a...." Shit, what's the name of the store? His eyes zero in on a store brand. "Tescos. We're in a Tescos. So we'll take what we can get." Does he pronounce Tescos correctly?
No. No, he does not.